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Love Marissa; but not so much Marisa. I don't like the latter pronunciation (but I bet there's Marisas
who pronounce it like Marissa and vice versa.)

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The spelling/sound of Marissa makes it the winner for me. One of my faves.

I intuitively say them Marisa rhyme Lisa, and Marissa rhyme Melissa, also ... but I have known a Marisa who pronounces her name mar-ISS-sah. So I feel like I should wait and find out how any Marisa pronounces her own name. That's annoying enough to make me prefer Marissa! But other than that, I like both names... I would like Marisa more if it were reliably pronounced mar-REES-sa.

I much prefer Marisa because I pronounce them differently. Marisa is the default with the long 'e' pronunciation (rhymes with Lisa). Marissa has the 'iss' sound (rhymes with Melissa and Elissa). It's okay; I just prefer Marisa.

I like Marisa best. The two ss's don't make it a better name. It's good as it is.

Usually I like extra letters when they are an option, but in this case, I prefer Marisa. I hate names that end in the "issa" sound anyway, because I find them cloyingly sappy and overly sweet, and I think that Marisa rather than Marissa alleviates the sappiness and sweetness a little.

I pronounce them the same, but prefer Marissa. Marissa just looks more complete to me.

Marissa

I pronounce them differently. Marissa as muh-RISS-uh, Marisa as mah-REE-sah (like Maria with an S thrown in there). I prefer the name Marisa overall.

I prefer Marissa. I want to pronounce Marisa differently (ma-REE-sa).